Jets sign Connor Hellebuyck Mark Scheifele to seven-year 59.5 million contract extensions
The announced that they've signed goaltender and forward to identical seven-year, Nik Needham Jersey $59.5 million contract extensions on Monday. Both contracts will begin in the 2024-25 season and carry an average annual value of $8.5 million. Hellebuyck and Scheifele were slated to become unrestricted free agents following the 2023-24 season. Hellebuyck is coming off of a season in which he put together a 37-25-2 record to go along with a 2.49 goals-against-average and a .920 save percentage. As a result of his stellar performance, the 30-year-old was named Tyreek Hill Jersey as one of the finalists for the Vezina Trophy as the top goaltender. The three- Miami Dolphins Jersey time NHL All-Star was originally selected in the fifth round (No. 130) of the 2012 NHL Draft. Hellebuyck is the all-time Jets goaltending leader in career games played (445), wins (238), shutouts (32), and saves (12,465). He also leads all NHL goaltenders in games played (363) and saves (10,412) since the 2017-18 season began. Meanwhile, Scheifele is fresh off of a year in which he scored a career-high 42 goals while adding 26 a sists. He ranks first in team history in goals (272), playoff goals (19) and regular-season game-winning goals (44). Scheifele ranks second Malcolm Brown Jersey in both points (645) and a sists (373) behind only . Scheifele, 30, was selected with the No. 7 pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, and was the first player taken by the team once Justin Coleman Jersey they made their return to Winnipeg. He has appeared in two All-Star Games in his decade with the franchise.